The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 366

Episode 366: You were here.

Anyway, the path has to go inside the gate.

As I take a step inside.

Toouk.

chin.

The bodies of all the monsters that stand in my path.

Lightly push it behind me.

Thanks to this, I was able to move forward a little faster even though my body was in a mess.

Slurp….

The body of the monster that fell like that is still there.

I went into my shadow.

‘Sweet!’

After moving to Gyeonggi-do.

Although I supplemented the ingredients in my own way.

It was obviously flawed compared to the materials obtained from the Legion.

In particular, there was a shortage of meat from monsters with strong powers…

‘I never thought we could make up for it here like this!’

The number of monsters gathered together is also a number.

The variety and quality were beyond imagination.

There may be monsters with strange characteristics that I couldn’t even imagine.

‘I can’t believe they keep the corpses of so many different monsters so fresh.’

It was different from the corpses that were paid to other awakened people in Gangwon-do.

The level of the awakened people is inevitably lower than that of the Legion.

The quality was not good compared to the corpses of monsters that the Legion itself supplied.

On the other hand.

What is here are the corpses of monsters that those evil spirits carefully selected to use as their own bodies.

‘At least it’s dark orange…’

The monster with yellow magical power was so strong that he was hit by his foot.

There were also quite a few green magical monsters.

Of course, the fight is still going on outside.

I literally only shadow the monsters in my path.

There was no time to choose.

Toouk, toouk, toouk, toouk, toouk.

Nevertheless.

The number of monsters piling up in the shadows had already reached hundreds.

Even…

we were moving too hastily.

Clink!

“Oh, mistake… that thing is completely broken.”

The frozen corpses of monsters.

If you push that into some weird places.

There were many cases where it fell and broke.

‘Well, the amount I’ve already taken is ridiculous.’

It doesn’t matter if I break to some extent.

To put it bluntly, the corpses of monsters.

Whatever happened to that wasn’t that important to me.

okay.

Anyway, I don’t care.

-!@!%!%!!!!

“That’s so noisy! “A person could accidentally break it.”

To those guys up there.

It seemed like something very relevant.

“It’s already a dead monster body anyway. “It doesn’t make much of a difference if it breaks a little, right?”

-!@%!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I get angry every time I put a corpse in the shadows.

On days when they accidentally break something, they are shocked beyond anger.

Well, one way or another.

Tuk tuk.

Clink.

Slurp.

Wow…!

“Ah… write. sorry. “I didn’t mean to.”

-!@%!@*#$!!!!!!!!

The result of accidentally pushing away a body.

Like dominoes, hundreds of bodies break apart at once.

“Oh, what a surprise! You were so surprised that you accidentally broke it again. “This is your fault.”

-#@$!!.!…!!!!

I was startled by the guys’ screaming.

I even accidentally broke a corpse that wouldn’t have been included in my shadow originally.

Ignoring the screams of souls above my head.

After walking for a while.

-…stop.

“huh?”

I heard it before that.

Unlike the screams of souls that I couldn’t understand.

-Stop… stop.

-Please stop there….

A heavy voice that is clearly audible.

I felt it seeping into my soul.

* * *

-Please stop there…

Other souls were also saying something.

Because it was not a human language, I couldn’t understand it.

but.

‘This is different.’

Those who have spoken to me now.

Their words were not audible to my ears.

A voice that seems to seep into my soul.

A language that does not use air as a medium… but a language that uses the soul as a medium.

‘It is the ability to convey one’s meaning as it is.’

This type of ability was quite rare.

And when I look at it from past experience.

“You are the owners of this gate.”

Such beings.

There were many cases where it possessed quite strong power.

-That’s right. so.

-Stop… Stop.

I tried to guess the direction the voice was coming from.

It didn’t seem to come from among the souls gathered above me.

‘A little further inside.’

A voice coming from deep inside this fortress.

-Stop taking on the old bodies of your brothers and insulting them. Guardian deity of native species.

“…tutelar?”

-Is that him or a guardian deity? I don’t know what its exact identity is, though. Just make it stop.

A voice that clearly conveys confusion.

“Please stop….”

In response to that earnest request.

I laughed lightly.

Clink!

“What can I do if I don’t like it?”

-….

He said, pushing another corpse behind me.

The frozen body that unfortunately fails to enter the shadow is broken horribly.

‘I’m not sure. ‘Do these guys even care about this body, which is practically a corpse?’

Their bodies are probably already unusable from their point of view.

It’s not like you can do anything using this, though.

It seemed like handling this body was something they didn’t like.

‘I don’t know if it’s for religious reasons or something.’

anyway.

Those guys got the wrong guy.

“You tricked us and forced us into this bitter cold.”

-….

“At that time, humanity cannot resist and has no choice but to suffer as it is. Well, this world has become a world where the strong survive. I understand. But…”

These guys caused me quite a bit of annoyance.

Against those guys.

“Now the situation is reversed?”

I found out what I hate about work.

There’s no reason not to do it.

Clink!

“If I do this. “What can you do other than cry?”

Without hesitation, I broke open another corpse.

He said, preparing to break the other corpses as well.

-It’s definitely true.

What you hear next is.

It was a being with a different voice than the one that first spoke to me.

-Even if you refuse, we can’t force you to follow our wishes.

Unlike the previous guy, this guy speaks in a slightly humble tone.

I thought he might have changed his attitude because I came out strong, but he didn’t.

Besides that.

-I understand that you are hostile to us.

-But isn’t it possible to at least make a deal with the enemy?

A strangely heavy tone and voice.

Only then did I realize it.

‘…These guys. ‘It’s not just one or two.’

Monsters with enough power to speak directly to other people’s souls.

There aren’t just one or two guys like that.

‘Just based on the voices I can hear right now, there are at least five.’

I don’t know what state these guys’ bodies are in.

If he was able to move, it seemed like he would be a very difficult opponent.

-Can you promise to stop doing that?

-Then we will give you what you are looking for.

There is one fortunate thing.

They couldn’t stop my actions right away.

It seemed like all he could do was persuade me with words.

“It’s a deal.”

Jerk….

“Do you guys even know what I’m looking for?”

-How dare you say something that seems to belittle us?

I don’t let go of tension.

He said as he continued walking inside.

-That’s what you want…

-I don’t understand why a being the size of you would protect such lowly bugs.

-I know you care about those native species. Defender of ‘native species’.

They said something like that.

That moment.

Kuuuuuung….

“…?”

A spacious palace.

A faint cluster of light appeared in a corner.

-What you want is there.

“…hmm.”

Cold snow begins to fall on it.

‘It’s not far.’

The route I take.

A place on the path leading deep into the gate.

‘It might be a trap…’

It’s a place on the way anyway.

I don’t think stopping there will delay my journey to the heart of the gate.

I thought I was being deceived.

headed there.

-I will give you what you want more than anything.

-Oh no. I want you to know that if it weren’t for our guidance, there’s a very high chance you wouldn’t have found that place.

As we move forward, removing the bodies of the monsters.

There is a place where snow piled up from the ceiling has fallen gently.

And…

the moment I arrived there.

-Don’t go inside anymore and stop insulting the brothers’ old bodies.

“….”

-This must be a tribute for him.

I am.

I was so surprised that I couldn’t even hear what they were saying properly.

Of course.

What is there.

-These are bugs that have not yet become our brothers. Although it is of no use to us.

-It must be something precious to you. Please accept our tribute and leave…

without losing your mind.

Trapped in a large egg made of ice.

“Human…”

Because it was the appearance of people.

* * *

Lost my mind.

Trapped naked in that cold ice.

Humans waiting for the day to surrender their bodies to evil spirits.

‘No, humans are not everything.’

There were also bodies of unidentifiable monsters nearby.

Unlike the other monsters I saw on my way here.

These were monsters that were clearly still alive.

in other words.

“It looks like all the bodies that were planned to be used as new bodies were gathered here.”

-That’s right.

This place.

It’s a place where their spare bodies are stored.

Unlike the times I’ve been breaking the bodies of other monsters.

I moved forward, avoiding the ice chunks that got in my way with careful movement.

and.

[Awakened – Seong Jin-hye]

[Intermediate Priest Lv.28]

‘This is my first time seeing you… but you are quite a high-level awakened person.’

I looked at the human body in front of me.

A young woman with a playful-looking face.

‘Are you a member of the association? Or a strong person who survived independently of the association?’

Among those I have seen in Gyeonggi-do, he is the second highest level after the president of the association.

Although it is my first time seeing this face.

If the people in the association saw him, he might be someone they would recognize right away.

Even except her.

Among the frozen monsters.

Many humans were trapped in the ice and asleep.

“…There are questions.”

-whatever.

I tried to hide my agitation as much as possible.

I looked around while talking to the guys.

“What condition are they in now?”

-You can assume that he is asleep.

“Why are you asleep?”

-For most of the native species, the gatekeepers out there directly tortured them and brought down their souls. It was a fairly simple and effective method, but on rare occasions there were strong souls who withstood it.

“….”

-Somehow, we succeeded in putting that spirit to sleep. It is not easy to delve into the minds of those with strong souls. So now I’m working on breaking down the soul barrier and opening a gap to infiltrate. It is a space where the grand world unfolds.

Japgwi, who was pretending to be ‘Jang Ji-han’, said.

Most of the raiding party was lost to them.

There are ‘20%’ that have not been ruled yet.

‘Among the awakened members of the raid, those with strong souls.’

Maybe it’s because others have weak souls.

Or maybe he was suffering from some kind of soul disease.

When you have to sacrifice your body to the enemy.

‘They endured it.’

The humans here.

It has continued to overcome and endure the invasions of those evil spirits.

-There isn’t much left until the Great Plan is completed… but I won’t mind. Please give me as much as you want.

-So…take them and leave.

and.

Among them, there was something else I was looking for.

The fight in that city.

I tried my best to search for it throughout the fight.

A face I had never seen before.

but.

I am confident that if I just look at it for a moment, I will never pass it by.

Such a face.

“Ah….”

And a moment later.

‘Where on earth did you go? You’ve been looking for it for so long…!’

I am finally.

[Awakened – Shin Seok-Jun]

[Lv.22 Intermediate Support Sorcerer]

[Awakened – Seo Young-Hee]

[Lv. 24 Intermediate Guardian]

“You were here.”

I was able to find familiar faces.